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July 28, 2008 | ||
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| POLICY & ECONOMICS Why India Will Beat China An entrenched and vibrant democracy will ultimately drive India to outperform China socially and economically VIEWPOINT What the U.S. Can Learn from Indian R&D Engineering companies in India play a leading role in educating their research employees, a practice the U.S. can adopt to help keep its global competitive edge OUTSOURCING • From ZDNet Asia India's Outsource Giants Feeling the Pinch Infosys, Tata, and Wipro are all suffering sluggish growth in contrast to their clients' record spending on global services in 2007 MANAGEMENT • From Economic Times of India At Wipro, 'Two CEOs Are Better than One' It's been three months since the IT company launched its new structure, and the joint chief executives are happy with how it's going TECHNOLOGY For Corporate Boards, a Global Search Western companies, especially tech multinationals like SAP and Nokia, have begun looking to Asia's emerging markets for their next board leaders TELECOM • From Economic Times of India India Revives $10 Billion Telecom IPO Buoyed by a vote of confidence in Parliament, the government is moving ahead with a $10 billion offering of state-owned telecom BSNL AUTOS Costs Rise for Tata's Cheap Car The launch of Tata's Nano will likely cause quite a stir, but the world's cheapest car is costing the Indian automaker more than it expected AUTOS For Japan's Automakers, Carbon-Fiber Cars? Reports that Nissan and Honda are working on a carbon-fiber car for mass production are far-fetched, to say the least TELECOM • From Telecom Asia Sony Ericsson to Lay Off 2,000 As profits plunge amid tough market conditions, the phone giant says it plans worldwide job cuts within the next 12 months CORPORATION Apple Struggles to Win Fans in China Can a beefed-up retail strategy help the computer company boost its measly market share? CORPORATION What Happens to Yahoo in Asia? If the company spins off assets such as China's Alibaba, it could be a setback for the brand or a boon for investors TECHNOLOGY • From FinanceAsia.com IBM Offloads More Lenovo Shares The global IT company chucks $77 million of its holdings in the Chinese computer group—the third sell-down this year BEIJING OLYMPICS Beijing's Plan to Fight Olympic Traffic The Games will be a test for Beijing's fudong che, or "floating car" program, which uses taxi GPS data to give drivers the fastest routes BEIJING OLYMPICS China Wins its First Olympics Medal—in Math Maybe the Games have not yet begun, but Chinese high school mathletes are flying across the finish line NEWS & FEATURES • From Architectural Record Inside Beijing's National Swimming Center A multidisciplinary design team employed an innovative digital process to produce a surprising, highly integrated envelope-and-structure combination THE ART MARKET New Victim of Chinese Censorship: Warhol Show? Officials say there is no "Chinese art only" policy, but 18 Warhol works slated for a gallery exhibit will spend the Olympics in a warehouse POLITICS Fear of India Holding Back Bangladesh Can one of the poorest countries in the world—now facing a political crisis—solve its problems with its more powerful neighbor? POLICY & ECONOMICS Muhammad Yunus' Next Big Thing: Health Care The micro-credit pioneer and Grameen Bank founder has turned his attention to bringing health care to the poor TOURISM Chinese Tourists Spend Big in Hong Kong Powered by a strong yuan, mainlanders are flocking to Hong Kong, which has no sales tax, to snap up luxury goods and visit theme parks TOURISM Top 10 Dollar-Friendly Travel Destinations For many Americans, a weak dollar has made a trip abroad prohibitively expensive. Here are 10 places where a weak greenback goes a little further BW MALL SPONSORED LINKS
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